On November 23 the final trial over the ZUBR activist Andrei Paluda took place. Mr. Paluda was detained on November 16, 2005 by the Minsk region traffic police and later charged with violating Article 156 of CAO (disorderly conduct). Despite substantial discrepancies in the evidence given by the police, one of them simply said that he had received a “recommendation” to detain A.Paluda’s car, Judge Karaliou, of Leninski Court, ruled to fine Andrei Paluda one basic unit. One of the representatives of the defendant was the member of the HRC Viasna Barys Bukhel.